EU regions (NUTS 2) by natural population change
Ile-de-France had the highest natural population change of 241 regions in 2017, at 100,237. Piemonte had the lowest, at -22,711. The median was -1,170 and the figure for the European Union (27) was -333,241. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.
Top 40 regions, 2017
Full ranking
| Rank | Regions | 2017 | Change on 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ile-de-France | 100,237 | -3% |
| 2 | Rhône-Alpes | 25,068 | -9.5% |
| 3 | Eastern and Midland | 18,308 | -7.6% |
| 4 | Community of Madrid | 13,486 | -25.3% |
| 5 | Stockholm | 12,970 | -4.2% |
| 6 | Nord-Pas de Calais | 11,406 | -15.6% |
| 7 | La Réunion | 9,035 | -0.2% |
| 8 | Mayotte | 9,027 | +2.7% |
| 9 | Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest | 8,754 | -2.1% |
| 10 | Southern | 8,661 | +0.4% |
| 11 | Zuid-Holland | 8,529 | -8.5% |
| 12 | Wielkopolskie | 7,189 | +21.6% |
| 13 | Guyane | 7,093 | +11.4% |
| 14 | Hovedstaden | 6,899 | -1.3% |
| 15 | Noord-Holland | 6,527 | -1.1% |
| 16 | Oberbayern | 6,418 | -16.5% |
| 17 | Małopolskie | 6,309 | +12.4% |
| 18 | Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur | 6,214 | -23.4% |
| 19 | Pomorskie | 5,831 | +23.5% |
| 20 | Berlin | 5,824 | -17.2% |
| 21 | Pays de la Loire | 5,480 | -24% |
| 22 | Warszawski stołeczny | 4,983 | -14.8% |
| 23 | Utrecht | 4,857 | -1.9% |
| 24 | Východné Slovensko | 4,523 | -7.6% |
| 25 | Helsinki-Uusimaa | 4,520 | -11.7% |
| 26 | Västsverige | 4,481 | -18.4% |
| 27 | Northern and Western | 4,437 | -6.3% |
| 28 | Alsace | 4,309 | -15.3% |
| 29 | Wien | 4,152 | -13% |
| 30 | Picardie | 3,661 | -7.6% |
| 31 | Region of Murcia | 3,566 | -23.5% |
| 32 | Hamburg | 3,493 | -17.1% |
| 33 | Andalusia | 3,450 | -65.6% |
| 34 | Haute-Normandie | 3,432 | -22% |
| 35 | Sydsverige | 3,404 | -12% |
| 36 | Kýpros | 3,233 | -18.9% |
| 37 | Praha | 3,125 | +12.1% |
| 38 | Östra Mellansverige | 3,071 | -7.8% |
| 39 | Midtjylland | 3,051 | -8.2% |
| 40 | Prov. Antwerpen | 2,754 | -20.8% |
| 41 | Podkarpackie | 2,600 | +124.3% |
| 42 | Grande Lisboa | 2,562 | +9.7% |
| 43 | Flevoland | 2,283 | -2% |
| 44 | Bratislavský kraj | 2,273 | -1% |
| 45 | Střední Čechy | 2,075 | +1.1% |
| 46 | Balearic Islands | 1,935 | -27.7% |
| 47 | Luxembourg | 1,911 | -8.3% |
| 48 | Tirol | 1,834 | +4.9% |
| 49 | Oberösterreich | 1,815 | -28.9% |
| 50 | Bucureşti-Ilfov | 1,416 | +381% |
| 51 | Jihovýchod | 1,386 | -21.5% |
| 52 | Guadeloupe | 1,353 | -28.5% |
| 53 | Stuttgart | 1,293 | -43.7% |
| 54 | Darmstadt | 1,199 | -51% |
| 55 | Salzburg | 1,169 | +0.5% |
| 56 | Vorarlberg | 1,168 | -16.6% |
| 57 | Overijssel | 1,091 | -31.6% |
| 58 | Franche-Comté | 1,034 | -39.8% |
| 59 | Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen | 956 | -20.2% |
| 60 | Zahodna Slovenija | 948 | -38.8% |
| 61 | Prov. Vlaams-Brabant | 928 | -22.9% |
| 62 | Gelderland | 917 | -33.3% |
| 63 | Melilla | 848 | -12.6% |
| 64 | Noord-Brabant | 827 | -49.9% |
| 65 | Malta | 748 | -34% |
| 66 | Catalonia | 638 | -88.6% |
| 67 | Tübingen | 637 | -15.1% |
| 68 | Småland med öarna | 612 | -43.3% |
| 69 | Canary Islands | 525 | -53.3% |
| 70 | Prov. Limburg (BE) | 493 | -50.6% |
| 71 | Ceuta | 485 | -12.1% |
| 72 | Notio Aigaio | 466 | -23.1% |
| 73 | Martinique | 423 | -15.1% |
| 74 | Prov. Luxembourg (BE) | 302 | +18.9% |
| 75 | Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen | 287 | -67.8% |
| 76 | Prov. Brabant wallon | 218 | -38.9% |
| 77 | Midi-Pyrénées | 119 | -93.5% |
| 78 | Warmińsko-mazurskie | 110 | +117.3% |
| 79 | Nordjylland | 103 | +166% |
| 80 | Åland | 44 | +1,200% |
| 81 | Lubuskie | 15 | +106.8% |
| 82 | Região Autónoma dos Açores | -27 | +81.4% |
| 83 | Lorraine | -47 | -106.1% |
| 84 | Jihozápad | -48 | -152.7% |
| 85 | Severovýchod | -52 | -106.4% |
| 86 | Stredné Slovensko | -75 | -144.6% |
| 87 | Prov. Liège | -79 | -140.1% |
| 88 | Syddanmark | -87 | -179.8% |
| 89 | Navarre | -98 | -158.7% |
| 89 | Övre Norrland | -98 | -186.7% |
| 91 | Kriti | -143 | -121.8% |
| 92 | Corse | -247 | -38% |
| 93 | Prov. Namur | -274 | -3,525% |
| 94 | Friesland (NL) | -297 | -10.4% |
| 95 | Champagne-Ardenne | -350 | -146.2% |
| 96 | Kujawsko-pomorskie | -352 | +48.6% |
| 97 | Mazowiecki regionalny | -370 | +67.3% |
| 98 | Sostinės regionas | -381 | -24.5% |
| 99 | Centre - Val de Loire | -446 | -141.8% |
| 100 | Languedoc-Roussillon | -461 | -171.7% |
| 101 | Podlaskie | -472 | +47.4% |
| 102 | Mellersta Norrland | -483 | -21.7% |
| 103 | La Rioja | -486 | -59.3% |
| 104 | Zeeland | -505 | -18.5% |
| 105 | Norra Mellansverige | -513 | +12.8% |
| 106 | Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste | -548 | -29.6% |
| 107 | Região Autónoma da Madeira | -554 | +26.8% |
| 108 | Provincia Autonoma di Trento | -567 | -78.9% |
| 109 | Groningen | -572 | -223.2% |
| 110 | Schwaben | -652 | -161.8% |
| 111 | Střední Morava | -659 | -80.5% |
| 112 | Voreio Aigaio | -691 | -7.5% |
| 113 | Península de Setúbal | -754 | +13.6% |
| 114 | Bremen | -904 | -51.7% |
| 115 | Ionia Nisia | -953 | -25.7% |
| 116 | Freiburg | -967 | -196.6% |
| 117 | Drenthe | -1,011 | -15.4% |
| 118 | Algarve | -1,064 | -1.1% |
| 119 | Prov. Hainaut | -1,089 | +20.3% |
| 120 | Burgenland | -1,153 | -26.7% |
| 121 | Trier | -1,170 | -17.1% |
| 122 | Kärnten | -1,193 | -9.6% |
| 123 | Vzhodna Slovenija | -1,216 | -36.3% |
| 124 | Severozápad | -1,383 | -20.6% |
| 125 | Dytiki Makedonia | -1,400 | -14.7% |
| 126 | Steiermark | -1,448 | -32% |
| 127 | Moravskoslezsko | -1,482 | -37.1% |
| 128 | Zachodniopomorskie | -1,512 | -11.3% |
| 129 | Molise | -1,735 | -16.4% |
| 130 | Ipeiros | -1,739 | -21% |
| 131 | Eesti | -1,759 | -31.4% |
| 132 | Opolskie | -1,797 | -31% |
| 133 | Sjælland | -1,830 | -23.6% |
| 134 | Cantabria | -1,840 | -8.7% |
| 135 | Länsi-Suomi | -1,904 | -69.4% |
| 136 | Oberpfalz | -1,963 | -0.3% |
| 137 | Niederösterreich | -1,981 | -28.9% |
| 138 | Mittelfranken | -2,085 | -86.2% |
| 139 | Leipzig | -2,255 | -50.6% |
| 140 | Prov. West-Vlaanderen | -2,270 | -95.4% |
| 141 | Centru | -2,326 | +11.1% |
| 142 | Basse-Normandie | -2,331 | -34.9% |
| 143 | Pest | -2,394 | -45% |
| 144 | Niederbayern | -2,419 | -15.8% |
| 145 | Basilicata | -2,488 | -13.8% |
| 146 | Lubelskie | -2,529 | +3.4% |
| 147 | Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi | -2,567 | -39.1% |
| 148 | Bretagne | -2,603 | -47.7% |
| 149 | Dytiki Elláda | -2,629 | -24.7% |
| 150 | Gießen | -2,646 | -32.8% |
| 151 | Západné Slovensko | -2,666 | -23.9% |
| 152 | Unterfranken | -2,680 | -22.2% |
| 153 | Karlsruhe | -2,708 | -45.6% |
| 154 | Aquitaine | -2,736 | -389.4% |
| 155 | Sterea Elláda | -2,887 | -23.3% |
| 156 | Detmold | -3,014 | -24.1% |
| 157 | Limburg (NL) | -3,024 | -18.8% |
| 158 | Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki | -3,068 | -30.2% |
| 159 | Extremadura | -3,090 | -25.9% |
| 160 | Limousin | -3,130 | -2.7% |
| 161 | Weser-Ems | -3,134 | -7.5% |
| 162 | Castilla-La Mancha | -3,344 | -147.3% |
| 163 | Auvergne | -3,354 | -21.5% |
| 164 | Peloponnisos | -3,395 | -27% |
| 165 | Thessalia | -3,410 | -15.4% |
| 166 | Świętokrzyskie | -3,415 | -2.3% |
| 167 | Észak-Alföld | -3,430 | -28.5% |
| 168 | Etelä-Suomi | -3,492 | -7.3% |
| 169 | Köln | -3,495 | -122.8% |
| 170 | Rheinhessen-Pfalz | -3,517 | -36.7% |
| 171 | Alentejo | -3,621 | +2.8% |
| 172 | Dolnośląskie | -3,637 | -16.8% |
| 173 | Aragon | -3,677 | -44.1% |
| 174 | Nord-Vest | -3,710 | -5.1% |
| 175 | Bourgogne | -3,820 | -31% |
| 176 | Nord-Est | -3,870 | +12.2% |
| 177 | Kassel | -3,902 | -2.6% |
| 178 | Nyugat-Dunántúl | -4,146 | -9.7% |
| 179 | Münster | -4,247 | -14.4% |
| 180 | Oberfranken | -4,330 | -10% |
| 181 | Oeste e Vale do Tejo | -4,397 | +0.4% |
| 182 | Valencian Community | -4,486 | -540.9% |
| 183 | Basque Country | -4,557 | -53.1% |
| 184 | Közép-Dunántúl | -4,588 | -22.7% |
| 185 | Umbria | -4,673 | -19.9% |
| 186 | Poitou-Charentes | -4,707 | -40% |
| 187 | Észak-Magyarország | -4,960 | -9.5% |
| 188 | Saarland | -4,962 | -6% |
| 189 | Dél-Dunántúl | -5,041 | -12.9% |
| 190 | Calabria | -5,124 | -58.6% |
| 191 | Lüneburg | -5,182 | -10.6% |
| 192 | Koblenz | -5,253 | -10.1% |
| 193 | Severoiztochen | -5,465 | -14.7% |
| 194 | Yugoiztochen | -5,585 | -10% |
| 195 | Dresden | -5,611 | -22.8% |
| 196 | Budapest | -5,682 | -25.5% |
| 197 | Jadranska Hrvatska | -5,761 | -28.2% |
| 198 | Braunschweig | -5,892 | -22.1% |
| 199 | Abruzzo | -5,963 | -33.3% |
| 200 | Vest | -6,300 | -13.2% |
| 201 | Campania | -6,345 | -138.5% |
| 202 | Friuli-Venezia Giulia | -6,374 | -13.8% |
| 203 | Śląskie | -6,433 | -3.5% |
| 204 | Hannover | -6,485 | -37.2% |
| 205 | Sardegna | -6,631 | -18.1% |
| 206 | Norte | -6,751 | -13.1% |
| 207 | Dél-Alföld | -6,891 | -10.2% |
| 208 | Kentriki Makedonia | -7,100 | -37.2% |
| 209 | Asturias | -7,140 | -4.1% |
| 210 | Łódzkie | -7,390 | +0.4% |
| 211 | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | -7,655 | -9.3% |
| 212 | Marche | -7,780 | -33.2% |
| 213 | Severen tsentralen | -7,818 | -10.4% |
| 214 | Latvija | -7,929 | -19.9% |
| 215 | Yugozapaden | -8,679 | -2.9% |
| 216 | Yuzhen tsentralen | -8,826 | -7.8% |
| 217 | Centro (PT) | -8,998 | -1.7% |
| 218 | Attiki | -8,999 | -64.1% |
| 219 | Schleswig-Holstein | -9,389 | -11% |
| 220 | Severozapaden | -9,463 | -4.5% |
| 221 | Chemnitz | -9,989 | -7.1% |
| 222 | Puglia | -10,318 | -60.9% |
| 223 | Sud-Est | -10,378 | -6.4% |
| 224 | Sud-Vest Oltenia | -10,418 | -1.4% |
| 225 | Arnsberg | -10,475 | +3.9% |
| 226 | Thüringen | -11,229 | -14.2% |
| 227 | Brandenburg | -11,440 | -16.1% |
| 228 | Düsseldorf | -11,627 | -12.1% |
| 229 | Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas | -11,850 | -5% |
| 230 | Liguria | -12,563 | -14.7% |
| 231 | Veneto | -12,860 | -28.5% |
| 232 | Sicilia | -12,879 | -54.3% |
| 233 | Castile and León | -13,470 | -14.5% |
| 234 | Galicia | -13,517 | -6.5% |
| 235 | Sachsen-Anhalt | -14,958 | -12% |
| 236 | Lazio | -15,378 | -66.4% |
| 237 | Sud-Muntenia | -16,145 | -1% |
| 238 | Emilia-Romagna | -18,053 | -22% |
| 239 | Toscana | -18,429 | -18.4% |
| 240 | Lombardia | -20,447 | -60.8% |
| 241 | Piemonte | -22,711 | -18% |
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Which region has the highest natural population change?
Ile-de-France, with 100,237 in 2017, according to Eurostat, European Commission.
Which region has the lowest natural population change?
Piemonte, with -22,711 in 2017.
Where does this ranking come from?
Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: Eurostat, European Commission, Population change, natural change of population, by NUTS 2 and 3 region (demo_r_gind3). Retrieved 2026-10-12. 3 regions have no value for 2017 and are not ranked.
Natural population change: other rankings
- Regions of Austria (NUTS 2)
- Regions of Hungary (NUTS 2)
- Regions of Romania (NUTS 2)
- NUTS 3 areas of Czechia
- NUTS 3 areas of Slovakia
- NUTS 3 areas of Lithuania